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Raul Valle, a first-year Ph.D. student at the University of Florida, won the HiPerGator Early Career Award for 2025, for research on brains using artificial intelligence.
2026 UFIT Tech Fair
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2026 UFIT Tech Fair!
ChompGPT: AI in the classroom
Join the AI² Center's Lily Haak, as she talks artificial intelligence with students around the University of Florida campus.
University of Florida AI² Center Student Club: AI Law and Policy Committee Panel
UF AI² Center Student Club members Makena Romero and Max Glassman lead a thoughtful panel with Professors Jiaying Jiang, S.J.D. and Sonja Schmer-Galunder Ph.D.
UF Researchers Developing AI Tool to Improve Reading Proficiency
The University of Florida Literacy Institute recently received a $2,000,000 grant to support reading instruction and proficiency. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s ETechM² Program, the five-year UFLIAI: Advancing Foundational Literacy with Artificial Intelligence study will develop an AI-enhanced learning analytic tool integrated into UFLI Foundations.
Harnessing AI with drone imagery to detect costly celery disease before symptoms surface
UF/IFAS scientists are launching a grant-funded project using AI with drone imagery to detect costly celery disease before symptoms appear. Led by Katia Xavier, this project aims to help growers prevent major crop losses and reduce costs. #AIatUF
Embark on a mission through the AI Adventure universe, a 3-part course on AI in higher education!
This faculty-focused series will demystify AI and give educators a stronger understanding how AI works “under the hood”, allowing you to make well-informed decisions about the appropriate tools to use in their learning environments.
UF's AI Club took a behind-the-scenes tour of HiPerGator
University of Florida AI Club members Aseel Ismail and Ethan Pecora share the impact of touring HiPerGator with Erik Deumens, Director of UF Information Technology Research Computing. HiPerGator stands as the fastest in higher education in the US for high-performance computing, according to industry-standard benchmarks.
Spanish faculty earns UF AI Teaching Integration Award
Jennifer Wooten, Instructional Professor with UF Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, earns the 2025 AI Teaching Integration Award for developing assignments using AI for students to practice Spanish.
AI opportunities abound
University of Florida junior Analise Stuart shares some of the ways you can get involved with artificial intelligence as an undergraduate student, including the UF AI Club.
Award-winning instructional design integrating AI
University of Florida Information Technology Instructional Designer Laura Jervis shared the 2025 AI Teaching Integration Award, recognized for their collaborative work integrating AI-assisted practice into online Spanish courses for residential students.
Incorporating AI into courses across the University of Florida
Dr. Delores James, Associate Professor in the College of Health and Human Performance and Director of AI Initiatives & Strategic Planning, discusses how UF faculty integrating AI into courses across the curriculum.
Dr. Christian Christensen, Director of Artificial & Business Intelligence for UF IFAS Extension
Dr. Christian Christensen shares how UF Extension is harnessing the power of AI to better serve communities across Florida. AI is helping the UF/IFAS Extension make smarter, data-driven decisions.
How AI is transforming flood prediction & infrastructure planning in Florida
Florida is experiencing more frequent flooding as aging stormwater systems struggle to keep up with stronger, more intense rainfall events. Jones Edmunds's Justin Gregory explains how AI and machine learning are transforming flood modeling in Florida by using high‑resolution data to map flood risks more accurately and predict how future storms may impact communities.
Matt Donovan, CEO of Agriculture Intelligence
Matt Donovan explains how his company, Agriculture Intelligence, Inc., uses AI and Gator alumni to provide actionable insights to growers and insurers, helping the farming community secure our food future.
Dr. Chimay Anumba, dean of the College of Design, Construction & Planning, discusses digital twins.
Dean Anumba discusses some of the positives of digital twins, including the ability to do some high level what-if simulations and analytics to provide a firm path for physical spaces.
Linda Nguyen discusses how she embraced AI in her classroom
Linda Nguyen, an instructional associate professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, discusses how she got involved with artificial intelligence at UF and how she has integrated it into her classes, particularly in teaching pre-health students.
Monika Oli discusses how AI is influencing teaching
Monika Oli, a master lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Science discusses how she is integrating AI as a "lab partner" for UF students in microbiology and cell science labs.
Jessica O'Leary, the AI Across the Curriculum Ambassador
Dr. Jessica O'Leary discusses her work in advancing AI fluency among clinical educators through trainings at the Gainesville and Jacksonville's UF College of Medicine campuses. Through her leadership, more than 300 faculty members have engaged in AI trainings.
Britt Woodall, director of special projects at Vobile, discusses why the company supports AI Days.
Britt Woodall discusses the benefits of being part of UF's AI Days as well as how artificial intelligence is impacting the company, an entertainment technology company leader.
Giridhar Kalamangalam, a UF professor of neurology, discusses how AI is influencing medicine
Dr. Kalamangalam discusses how AI can help interpret large data sets and summarize large amounts of information that can ultimately help physicians better diagnose patients.
Mickey Schafer discusses using LLM for writing
Recap of 2025 AI Days
2025 Gator Hack Winners
2025 Gator Create Competition Winner
2025 Gator Tank Winners
Graduate students from the Warrington College of Business won the Gator Tank competition by building a platform to help low-cost airline carriers in small countries find overcharges that can cause these carriers to go bankrupt.
Don't Miss AI Days 2025
Join us for the fourth annual AI Days, October 27-29. From student competitions and workforce readiness to panel discussions highlighting interdisciplinary collaborations, AI Days showcases all things AI at UF.
AI Opportunities for UF Students
UF College of Health & Human Performance Dean Michael Reid at AI² Summit
UF AI Scholar Matheus Kunzler Maldaner
FSU's Paul Marty, associate vice provost for academic innovation
UF's Blue Sky Task member Jane Southworth
As chair of the department of geography, Dr. Southworth co-chaired the university's quality enhancement plan for accreditation that focused on building an AI university. The Blue Sky Task force is working to put top ideas forth for what's next in AI at UF.
NVIDIA's Kurt Schmidt discusses UF's HiPerGator upgrade
NVIDIA's Kurt Schmidt says HiPerGator's upgrade is purpose-built to support AI workloads, upgrading a system that's already one of the top in the world to support cutting-edge research and education at the University of Florida.
AI at UF: Dr. De Souza
In his Veterinary Clinical Pathology course, Dr. Cleverson de Souza is demystifying the possibilities and limitations of Generative AI for students. Exploration of building chatbots to support case-based student learning in his field holds great potential to reinforce learning in Veterinary Medicine. AI at UF: Dr. De Souza.
AI at UF: Dr. Maymi
Dr. Michael Maymi from the UF College of Nursing strives to engage students in his Pediatric Acute Care courses with clinical reasoning skills. Using AI tools, like Microsoft Copilot, DNP students can create and critically evaluate patient case studies about important course topics. This scaffolded cycle of creation, evaluation, and refinement guides student exploration of AI and sets a framework for understanding the limitations and ethical applications of AI throughout their careers.
UF student Catalina Vaca
EAB's Davis Cousar at the AI2 Summit
UF Senior Instructional Designer Leslie Mojeiko discussing prompt engineering
UF's Center for Instructional Technology has developed a cook book and a cooking show on how to "cook" big data.
AI experts discuss AI Agents
UF's Vice President and Chief Information Officer Elias Eldyrie at AI2 Summit
Technology plans an important role in supporting artificial intelligence. The better the technology, the better you can recruit best teaching and student talent. Up to 8K UF students using HiPerGator in their research each semester.
UCF's Sherry Rankins-Robertson at AI2 Summit
Auburn University's Asim Ali at the AI2 Summit
AI at UF: Dr. Shenhao Wang
AI has a concrete relationship with students' lives. Building direct connections between real-world questions and the insights that computational AI methods provide motivates learning in Dr. Shenhao Wang’s AI in the Built Environment course.
AI at UF: Millicent Johnnie
AI has the potential to help students connect concepts to “aha moments” of realization in the arts. Students in a first-year dance composition course use AI tools in a series of weekend projects. This affirms their feelings and allows them to creatively design a world they could only imagine before.
UF Interim Provost Joe Glover at the AI2 Summit
Frank Attaie, IBM
The benefits and drawbacks of human-AI robot companionship
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications researchers studied the benefits and drawbacks of human-AI robot companionship
